The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-19
COMMENT AND OPINION.

Imagine Lincoln and Grant going around the
country reciting portions of the cyclopedia to
hearers.-Troy Times.
All towns cannot have Cleveland stop within
their borders, but most towns have Appleton 9
Encyclopedia in their public library Why then,
need anybody be unhappy.-Spring6eld Re-
publican.
DURING the last seven years the number Of
public schools in the Southern States has in
creased more than q, 900. The indications of a
breaking up of a Democratic solid South are
multiply Leader.
THE Indiana white Caps might make them
selves more popular il they could turn their at
tention to the management OF the Chicago 81
Atlantac railroad, on which the recent unpar-
donabe collision oecurred-Louisville Courier
Journal.
Anarchist" So far. good. Now let him say
in addition. mo true Anarchist can be a
Knight" and let mis- order back him up by ex-
polling every man who processes to believe in
dynamite -Philadelpha American.
GREAT as are the evils of monopoly they are
aggravated by simply transferring the control
to party governmental agencies In our at
tempts TO correct one evil we should not be
blind to those involved in the extension OF the
functions of government. THAT government is
best which governs least."-Louisville Courier
Journal.
THERE is no greater imbeclity than that of
the wage worker who suffers foreign cattle to
delude him with the notion that there is an in
terest of the workingman to be served by rescu-
Ing the wlck6ueSC OF murO0refS from the JUST
sentence of determination. The man who
breaches such nonsense is william. and the man
who believes it an mbecile.-Chicago Times.
ALL over the country there is a disposition to
sink party prejudice in the selection OF munich
pal officials. People are finding ont that the
man who gives the best promise of keeping the
streets clean and honestly administering local
government makes far better Mayor than the
one who knows everything about the surplus
and tariff reform but nothing about the con-
Germs of his owu particular bailiwick.-Brook-
Ign Eagle Dem
The Republican party believes in trusting to
the intelligence and conscience of the people.
The Prohibitionists believe in bulldozing the
people. and treating them as ii they had no
Judgment discretion. This an un-Ameri-
can method. The Republican policy is in full
accord with the genius of our institutions, and,
moreover. it is the only scientific, reason able
and effective way to deal with the drink evil
New York Tribune.
THE fact that there is some fear among
tain classes of business men of the occurrence
of panic next year or the year after is good
indication that it will not take place soon
This fear has already produced good result
in curtaiing land speculation, shortening the
duration of business Credits and curtailing
loans by banking institutions except upon the
best of security. Heretofore pancs have come
without warning, and there many
for believing that thisswill be the case. to a
large extent. in the future. In this particular
sense the expected seldom happens.-St Louis
Globe Democrat
It clearly proved on the trial that the
leading couspirators were present at the meet
ing and listeners overheard them preparing to
throw the bombs. One of these men. Schnau-
belt who was caught. but allowed to get away
through police blunder. to throw the
bomb which killed the policemen. Much of this
was shown by the corroborated testimony of
completes, and all of it was overwhelmingly
proved. These are the facts. They have moth
ing to do with the Political opinions of these
men. ANY man. whoever he is. who attempts
to make light of their crimes. breaches assassin
atiop-New York Tribune.